• ‘Quiet People Have The Loudest Minds’

    Throughout our lives, we’ll meet a variety of people. Some of them will talk until they are hoarse and keep people entertained for hours, others will be talkative at some periods and not at others, and there will also be those who may not contribute much to a conversation,...
  • Animal Sentience or Just Plain Nonsense?

    The government’s recent decision to scrap the EU law that non-human animals are sentient beings is a controversial one, to say the least. In the interest of clarity, the government have neither explicitly denied nor supported the EU law. But this has led many to question whether this leaves...
  • Esme Explains: the Fermi Paradox

    Aliens, probability, physics—it might not sound like the most simple or most interesting of concepts, but the Fermi paradox poses perhaps one of the most existential questions of all time: are we alone in the universe? Although commonly associated to Fermi, the question of probability in relation to extra-terrestrial...
  • Are Scary Movies Bad For You?

    Maybe there was a time when scary movies were just created to draw everyone together, family or friends, to sit on the sofa or in the cinema with the intentions to experience the fun fear we need every once in a while. After all, adrenaline is good, isn’t it?...
  • Embracing Your Face

    Not so long ago, taking a photo was an easy and simple process. You’d probably need to fiddle around a little with the zoom, or the focus, but that aside, one click of a button or tap of the screen would be enough to capture that moment in your...
  • ‘To your health:’ Being Kinder To Your Liver On A Night Out

    Whilst not everyone at university, but certainly a whole lot of us, regularly drink, it is important to keep safe and try to prevent health risks as we do so. Without sounding like an old parent, lecturing you about your drinking habits, I am here to say it’s perfectly...
  • Ghosts, Murders and Poets: The History of Newstead Abbey

    Not far from the town centre of Nottingham, if you wish to wander on the bus, sits Newstead Abbey, nestled in the heart of Sherwood Forest. Having worked at the Abbey for two years now, I can tell you that I have fallen more in love with the building...